Judith Mackrell

Bloomsbury Ballerina (eBook, ePUB)

Lydia Lopokova, Imperial Dancer and Mrs John Maynard Keynes

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The story of the splendidly unpredictable Russian dancer who ruffled the feathers of the Bloomsbury set and became the wife of John Maynard Keynes

Born in 1891 in St Petersburg, Lydia Lopokova lived a long and remarkable life. Her vivacious personality and the sheer force of her charm propelled her to the top of Diaghilev's Ballet Russes. Through a combination of luck, determination and talent, Lydia became a star in Paris, a vaudeville favourite in America, the toast of Britain and then married the world-renowned economist, and formerly homosexual, John Maynard Keynes.

Lydia's story links ballet and the Bloomsbury group, war, revolution and the economic policies of the super-powers. She was an immensely captivating, eccentric and irreverent personality: a bolter, a true bohemian and, eventually, an utterly devoted wife.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Orion
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781780227085
• Artikelnr.: 39705412

Autorenporträt

Judith Mackrell is a writer and Dance critic for the Guardian. She was the ghostwriter for Darcey Bussell's 'Life in Dance'. She lives in London with her husband and two sons.

Rezensionen

Mackrell's enthralling biography restores Lydia Lopokova to her rightful position centre-stage DAILY MAIL